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he's focused on winning elections. he would say that you guys are going to put up candidates who are -- will pass anyone's purity test like sharon ingle, my friend, christine o'donnell mr. mourdock, he will put up guys who could get elected although after last november, i'm not sure he can make that claim. what do you say to that claim that the tea party is marginalizing the party by getting unelectable candidates winning primaries? >> because it is not the tea party. the reason why we keep losing as republicans is because we keep going down the path of we keep nominating moderates and moderates don't win. why are we going to keep trying to sit there and listen to people unfortunately like governor jindal that say we need to move more to the left and become more like the democrats and appeal to all of these demographics. that's what's causing us to lose elections. let's go back to the ronald reagan years. let's go back to conservatists. what we believe. let's make a clear definition line between republicans and democra
he's focused on winning elections. he would say that you guys are going to put up candidates who are -- will pass anyone's purity test like sharon ingle, my friend, christine o'donnell mr. mourdock, he will put up guys who could get elected although after last november, i'm not sure he can make that claim. what do you say to that claim that the tea party is marginalizing the party by getting unelectable candidates winning primaries? >> because it is not the tea party. the reason why we...
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he was interested in that negotiation back in 2011, but the election and the victory in the election he has read a man edit. some say he didn't win by enough to have a mandate. and the republicans won too because there is boehner across the table from him. >> cenk: i'm not one of those people. let me ask you about something that you said earlier, that they created a suicide vest. i don't believe that. i believe the fiscal cliff if we would have gone over, it would have been better for the country. it would have balanced the budget better. now we have raised taxes and we have spending cuts but they promised to do even more spending cuts. as a progressive i don't know why i would have been opposed to the fiscal cliff. >> the only reason why people that i've talked to say it was fundamentally a suicide invest was the time release quality. it's not just an instant designation but a time-released detonation. the problem was what happens in europe, what happens with the world market what happens when america's full faith in credit doesn't really look as strong and reliable as we have for a
he was interested in that negotiation back in 2011, but the election and the victory in the election he has read a man edit. some say he didn't win by enough to have a mandate. and the republicans won too because there is boehner across the table from him. >> cenk: i'm not one of those people. let me ask you about something that you said earlier, that they created a suicide vest. i don't believe that. i believe the fiscal cliff if we would have gone over, it would have been better for the...
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i think that's why you saw a relatively combatable election night speech as election night speeches go, a very pointed inaugural address and last night a policy laden progressive agenda. >> i want to go to that, charlie. thecededure the republicans created in mitt romney, while it was what it was they also created a creature out of barack obama. i think that's what they were looking at last night someone angry, someone who is a candidate rather than a president. i said that yesterday. i really felt that's what we saw last night. i'm wondering if the president was able to appeal to his progressive base enough. i mentioned at the top that he didn't talk about drones. he didn't get into specifics about a lot of his social programs though he brought them up. do you think it was on guns especially and on social programs progressive enough? >> i think on guns, it barely cleared the bar. i think certainly the minimum wage and universal pre-k. are very progressive proposals. as a member of the president's progressive base, i was profoundly and also as somebody who spent the last five days befo
i think that's why you saw a relatively combatable election night speech as election night speeches go, a very pointed inaugural address and last night a policy laden progressive agenda. >> i want to go to that, charlie. thecededure the republicans created in mitt romney, while it was what it was they also created a creature out of barack obama. i think that's what they were looking at last night someone angry, someone who is a candidate rather than a president. i said that yesterday. i...
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let's shift to politics. >>> a senator has announced he's not running for re-election. lottenberg said while i may not be seeking re-election there is plenty of work to do before the end of this term and i'll going to keep fighting as hard as ever for the people of new jersey and the united states senate. what led to this decision, his age? the inevitability of cory booker. >> i was going to say he has cory booker nipping at his heals and people look at cory booker as a rising star. they won't let that be stopped because they consider him to be the future of the party. that was inevitable. but i want to give credit where credit is due. senator lautenberg is one of the heroes in the initiative. he fought in the 90s to ensure those convicted of misdemeanor assaults also could not get guns, which was a big step. it used to be just felonies. we often know that domestic violence often escalates from a small incident to a larger one then to death. he pushed for that gun control. he'll an real loss in terms of the gun control movement. i want to pay respect to that. >> michael
let's shift to politics. >>> a senator has announced he's not running for re-election. lottenberg said while i may not be seeking re-election there is plenty of work to do before the end of this term and i'll going to keep fighting as hard as ever for the people of new jersey and the united states senate. what led to this decision, his age? the inevitability of cory booker. >> i was going to say he has cory booker nipping at his heals and people look at cory booker as a rising...
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i stopped watching after the elections elections. richard maxwell as i flew mentions over north vetietnam. he was an inspiration. now, i view him as absolutely insolent. >> this is "the bill press show." little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you develop these stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. if you have a history of heart or blood vessel problems tell your doctor if you have new or worse symptoms. get medical help
i stopped watching after the elections elections. richard maxwell as i flew mentions over north vetietnam. he was an inspiration. now, i view him as absolutely insolent. >> this is "the bill press show." little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood hostility, agitation depressed mood and suicidal...
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he started talking thank goodness for jobs when the election started to approach. what are his instincts? he may well believe the issues. it's not an issue for four or five years and longer. >> john: in fairness 2011 was when he pitched the johns program, and our republican friends killed that and never let it breathe. i want to bring alexis and sam. how important is tonight's address for the president's term and the entire second term in general? >> it's critical going into the next two years right moving to the midterms. i think his audience right now is not just the american people. he's going right down, if we are to believe david's notion that he's going to be aggressive in his rhetoric and tone, it's to go down the base of congress and dare them to be as obstructionist as they have been. if he sets that tone along with the big policy ideas i think it will be a very good win for him. >> john: i have to bring sam seder in on this one. we all admire the tone he laid out in his inaugural address but let's look at the appointments, the policies versus the rhetoric
he started talking thank goodness for jobs when the election started to approach. what are his instincts? he may well believe the issues. it's not an issue for four or five years and longer. >> john: in fairness 2011 was when he pitched the johns program, and our republican friends killed that and never let it breathe. i want to bring alexis and sam. how important is tonight's address for the president's term and the entire second term in general? >> it's critical going into the...
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these are elected -- this is an elected government that makes mistakes surely. but to have that venom toward any of these values that we hold dear as a nation. and how -- for decades, we had consensus on civil rights. there were differences certainly. but consensus on the environment. belief in science. and this right wing crowd doesn't want to buy into any of this. >> bill: you know what really offends me tonight so there will be parents of the kids who were shot down and killed in newtown, connecticut right. then you're going to have ted nugent who called them props. parents in chicago who have lost their kids. another city. calls them all props. >> a number of people every day that die from gun violence. >> bill: it is just sick for the republicans to allow him to come in. so what are you looking forward to tonight? what are you expecting? >> i was going to talk about the issues you just mentioned. to me, it is always about jobs and the economy. we're still -- we lost -- you've heard me say this far too many times. we lost five million manufacturing jobs from
these are elected -- this is an elected government that makes mistakes surely. but to have that venom toward any of these values that we hold dear as a nation. and how -- for decades, we had consensus on civil rights. there were differences certainly. but consensus on the environment. belief in science. and this right wing crowd doesn't want to buy into any of this. >> bill: you know what really offends me tonight so there will be parents of the kids who were shot down and killed in...
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the other side is apparently immune to elections. they just continue with the same arguments they just you lost on 90 mumbling ] >> lip service. stephanie: john in san francisco has a cure for my insomnia. jim ward should do the next republican rebuttal useless side effects include turning the speech into a sweat free four hours as an act to put am been out of business, reducing health care costs and steph willed to off in no time. [ applause ] stephanie: hmm. >> president he is spousing typical liberal. [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] stephanie: ron in illinois. hello, ron. caller: how are you doing stephanie, can you hear me? >> yes, go ahead. why does everyone ask me that? is it my age. caller: no, it's not your age. what i wanted to talk about was firearms. i've actually done both of these situations and i wanted to mention a hole really in the background trip check system, specifically in illinois. in-state firearm transfers from one person out of state you actually have to send the gun to the dealer, and that other person has to go t
the other side is apparently immune to elections. they just continue with the same arguments they just you lost on 90 mumbling ] >> lip service. stephanie: john in san francisco has a cure for my insomnia. jim ward should do the next republican rebuttal useless side effects include turning the speech into a sweat free four hours as an act to put am been out of business, reducing health care costs and steph willed to off in no time. [ applause ] stephanie: hmm. >> president he is...
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i didn't vote in this last election. as my choice of candidate jon huntsman didn't win the primary candidacy. [ wah wah ] that explains a lot. >> sure. >> stephanie: okay. meanwhile, back in sexy liberal land. st. louis bitches be crazy too. yeah chicago bitches be crazy. tickets are literally flying out the window for april 13th sexy liberal. chicago bitches be crazy. what about the st. louis bitches who are coming to see you. my partner and i are coming up for the third time as steph heads to see the show at the chicago theatre by the antiquated rail system known as amtrak. st. louis bitches. [ applause ] crazy bitches. >> travis and i are working on coming. >> stephanie: that would be totes adorbs. we have rude pundit coming up. eric boehlert. i swear to god that's the best thing about my weekend is eric boehlert tweets. >> really? >> stephanie: love him so much. one thing i don't love so much -- [ explosion ] every week he says something that makes my head. [ explosion ] it started with the should -- sunday after the
i didn't vote in this last election. as my choice of candidate jon huntsman didn't win the primary candidacy. [ wah wah ] that explains a lot. >> sure. >> stephanie: okay. meanwhile, back in sexy liberal land. st. louis bitches be crazy too. yeah chicago bitches be crazy. tickets are literally flying out the window for april 13th sexy liberal. chicago bitches be crazy. what about the st. louis bitches who are coming to see you. my partner and i are coming up for the third time as...
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that is really maintain an election posture. continue to go around the country, talking about the importance of jobs, of immigration of gun safety, of all of the issues that he thinks are very important for his second term. and by continuing the campaign, the successful campaign of 2012. the president is in a sense making is very difficult for republicans to maneuver. at the same time obviously there is a kind of a civil war going on in the republican party. that also makes it easier for the president because there is no spokesperson for the republican party to respond. >> john: it has been reported that we're going to see a more confrontational president tomorrow night. is it important for him to say what he's going to do for the economy if they allow the sequester to take affect. >> i don't believe the mall sequester small tax increase, small spending cut is the way to go. it's taking us in the wrong direction. when you have high unemployment and under utilized capacity the last thing that the government wants to do is raise t
that is really maintain an election posture. continue to go around the country, talking about the importance of jobs, of immigration of gun safety, of all of the issues that he thinks are very important for his second term. and by continuing the campaign, the successful campaign of 2012. the president is in a sense making is very difficult for republicans to maneuver. at the same time obviously there is a kind of a civil war going on in the republican party. that also makes it easier for the...
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he's not fighting for re-election. he needs results after eight years so he can say here's what we got done. i still think the fundamental metric will be middle class incomes after eight years of president obama be up or down. if its adown then i think the historical record will be yes he brought us back from the precipice but somehow did not restore the trend line. that was the focus of what he was talking about. whether the pieces are there whether it happens, we have to wait and see. >> john: i want to move on to mr. lapierrre. i know you're a fan. >> my buddy wayne. >> john: during the first few days after sandy, there was not a single homicide in the city of new york contrary to what mr. lapierrre lied and only seven alleged luting cases in all of brooklyn. what's he talking about and do his fans care? >> he's been watching too many movies, mad max australia back after 2,000 years. the guy simply is detached from reality. i think the -- >> john: does he need to be? isn't his job to sell fear? >> i was completely w
he's not fighting for re-election. he needs results after eight years so he can say here's what we got done. i still think the fundamental metric will be middle class incomes after eight years of president obama be up or down. if its adown then i think the historical record will be yes he brought us back from the precipice but somehow did not restore the trend line. that was the focus of what he was talking about. whether the pieces are there whether it happens, we have to wait and see....
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caller: this is about hamstringing a democratically elected president. stephanie: they're trying to oh string this out until hopefully something else, some shoe drops. >> they want to exploit the tragedy of benghazi for political gain and disgracing the americans lost there. most of them were protesting over this video. it's oh possible they had bad intel. but bad intel taking us into a war is fine. john: steph the website for the festival the traverse city festival is traverse cityfilmfest.org. i'll be there tomorrow. i'm performing with alan haidi tomorrow morning and doing the set lists show late tomorrow night. if you're in the midwest you better come to traverse city. stephanie: i ran into him in the airport. chicago sexy liberal get tickets. stay tuned. right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ theme ♪ stephanie: hello, current tv hour number two. jacki sheckner, health care geek. >> yes. stephanie: here is something heart attack grill mascot patient john allman dies of... >> heart attack. >> wait, heart attack? >> the heart attack grill in
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our goal this year was to elect a president. check. and to have fun. check. so this may be called "the war room" with jennifer granholm, but this has been a group effort. i'm honored to be part of this remarkable team. every single one of them. and i thank them. and you this dear viewers for this journey, and mark is handing me flowers. "the war room" is going to be in great hands. good night everybody. love you all. love you all. [applause] these are beautiful! >> cenk: welcome to "the young turks." we've got a powerful show for you tonight. the host of the war room, michael shure will be on the show later. hearings on brennan he got heckled by the protestors. >> you don't know who they are,ive a list of all the names. >> all right we're going to halt the hearing. i'm going to ask that the room be cleared. >> cenk: we have the former chief prosecutor at gitmo to talk about the drone strike. really fascinating guest don't miss that. then, speaking of interesting jesus, have you seen what's happening in l.a.? there's an unbelievable manhunt for a guy who's sho
our goal this year was to elect a president. check. and to have fun. check. so this may be called "the war room" with jennifer granholm, but this has been a group effort. i'm honored to be part of this remarkable team. every single one of them. and i thank them. and you this dear viewers for this journey, and mark is handing me flowers. "the war room" is going to be in great hands. good night everybody. love you all. love you all. [applause] these are beautiful! >>...
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there was a big movement that helped us win elections. there's a lot of energy that still comes from the tea party. while they consider themselves mostly to be republican, they will chastise the republican establishment. i see it as an extra response, not necessarily divisive. i won't say anything that is like marco rubio is wrong. he and i don't always agree but this isn't about he and i. this is about the tea party which is a grassroots movement, a real movement with millions of americans. cenk: well why do they get an extra response? how about our response. if i were obama here's the progressive state of the union speech i would give. i'd say first of all we're not doing austerity. instead, we're going to do stimulus. now the republicans would say you can't do stimulus. i'd say oh, yeah? stop me. i think the number one issue is jobs. i think the american people totally agrees with me. you want to stop me from creating jobs by doing stimulus? have at it. i'll see you in 2014. you don't want to do immigration reform on my terms? i'll see
there was a big movement that helped us win elections. there's a lot of energy that still comes from the tea party. while they consider themselves mostly to be republican, they will chastise the republican establishment. i see it as an extra response, not necessarily divisive. i won't say anything that is like marco rubio is wrong. he and i don't always agree but this isn't about he and i. this is about the tea party which is a grassroots movement, a real movement with millions of americans....
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and he was re-elected. he is talking about running for governor. >> i think that's one of the reasons you are not seeing any republican senators jumping on menendez. the right-wing blogosphere is all agoing about it you don't see conservative politicians saying anything with david vitter there and remain there and talking about running for governor and they are going to support him. what are they going to say about menendez. they know that stuff comes close to home. how many senators are making calls on behalf of major supporters to help them addvance their own interests? i think that's risk. >> how many senators are there? >> exactly. >> if you think menendes is the the only one. >> i can't tell you how much we value and admire your good work there at citizens for sittingty and ethics in washington. i am glad you are there, crue melanie sloan started it. congratulations, and here's to another 10 years of good work. >> thank you. >> see you. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] [ music ] >> chatting
and he was re-elected. he is talking about running for governor. >> i think that's one of the reasons you are not seeing any republican senators jumping on menendez. the right-wing blogosphere is all agoing about it you don't see conservative politicians saying anything with david vitter there and remain there and talking about running for governor and they are going to support him. what are they going to say about menendez. they know that stuff comes close to home. how many senators are...
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two things that could hurt republicans come election time: voting and rights. kim novak is 80 and it's the birthday of peter gabriel. it's henry rollins birthday. [ ♪ music ♪ ] japan good evening i'm john fugelsang. coming up it's ha st. zinger, not r atzenberger my bad. and marco rubio channels his inner mitt romney before blaming god for last night's splashdown. and rand paul doubles the tea party's fun with the state of the united states address. president obama laid out legislative agenda including a hike to minimum wage. >> reader effort and determination with wages that allow working families to raise their kids and get ahead. >> john: he put it a little more strongly last night. >> obama: tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on earth no one who works full time should have to live in poverty and raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> john: which sounds reasonable to me, to you, most americans but not to john boehner speaker of the house. >> when you raise the price of employment guess what happens you get less of it. >> john:
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several violations were cited of breaking election law. i hope marcus wasn't involved. he understands the penal code. he might be able to explain what happened there. >> he understands penal. i don't know if he understands the code. stephanie: madonna has found the infra glam. i don't understand anything on the interweb. >> that's because you're old. stephanie: madonna keeps posting unflattering picture. saturday, she posted an image of herself peering over a martini glass with the caption cheers, [bleep] i'm on infra gram. >> that was a really unflattering picture. stephanie: two more shots a sweaty one after a workout and one of her in an all black disguise. >> that's not what infra gram is for. stephanie: is she ok? everything ok over in madonna land? >> i don't know. it's when she tries to latch on to what the kids are hip to. stephanie: if i started taking pictures like at a for infra gram, stop me. it's time for an intervention. >> it will be shooting grapes. that's all it will be. stephanie: personal assistant to the stars tells all. i may have to get this book.
several violations were cited of breaking election law. i hope marcus wasn't involved. he understands the penal code. he might be able to explain what happened there. >> he understands penal. i don't know if he understands the code. stephanie: madonna has found the infra glam. i don't understand anything on the interweb. >> that's because you're old. stephanie: madonna keeps posting unflattering picture. saturday, she posted an image of herself peering over a martini glass with the...
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bush, who got 40% this would have been a different election. they do feel that rubio can make a difference, particularly as he has moved his position on immigration in recent months. >> michael: you know, i think about this rebuttal speech. i think about how every statement union we get so excited, we talk so much about it. as a matter of fact the republicans will throw up the rare minority that they find within their own party. i think of bobby jindal, who give a disastrous speech. do we make too much of this rebuttal? first of all i think that they need to find a new produceer fill an audience and do it in a completely different way. this isn't the springboard to anything, is it? >> look, we make too much of speeches any way. as you know i wrote a book about the stimulus, and bobby jindal gave that infamous speech right after the speech where everybody made fun of him because he was like the nerd from "30 rock." he made that crack about something called volcano monitoring which turned out was monitoring volcanos, and then the volcano erupted
bush, who got 40% this would have been a different election. they do feel that rubio can make a difference, particularly as he has moved his position on immigration in recent months. >> michael: you know, i think about this rebuttal speech. i think about how every statement union we get so excited, we talk so much about it. as a matter of fact the republicans will throw up the rare minority that they find within their own party. i think of bobby jindal, who give a disastrous speech. do we...
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>> stephanie: is that becoming like jumbo shrimp electable republicans? [ phyllis diller laughter ] >> kind of. >> stephanie: okay. >> and you are a poopy head. >> stephanie: exactly. right. we have grover norquist going poopy heads. they are the pee wee herman heads. there are two huge unresolved impediments, suicide conservatives, who would rather lose elections than win seats with moderates. yes! yes! have some principle! i implore that! >> move further to the right. >> stephanie: yes, go. and the many groups on the hard right that requires a high degree of audacity and borderline shrewdness. throw in a third obstacle, loud-mouth personalities, and candidates who are hard to control. [♪ mysterious music ♪] >> stephanie: there are your monsters enjoy. they brought you abby normal brains. >> perhaps i could help you that hump. >> stephanie: i urge them to put the candle back. >> listen to me very carefully. put the candle back. >> stephanie: i don't know what that means but -- >> i have no idea. >> stephanie: it's better advice than you are getting f
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up for re-election. and this is a thorny issue right? but the way the president did it, they said, was just great with them because he wasn't saying you must pass an assault weapons ban. you must do this. always saying you must just give them a vote. he said if you want to vote against it vote against it but at least they deserve a vote. so it even gave democrats some breathing room, i think. again, a hard to argue against. i think it is also hard to argue against this. chuck hagel deserves an up-or-down vote. james inhofe and lindsey graham are both saying they want a filibuster without calling it a filibuster. harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold technically. technically not a filibuster. and it looks like though hagel is going to get to 60 votes
up for re-election. and this is a thorny issue right? but the way the president did it, they said, was just great with them because he wasn't saying you must pass an assault weapons ban. you must do this. always saying you must just give them a vote. he said if you want to vote against it vote against it but at least they deserve a vote. so it even gave democrats some breathing room, i think. again, a hard to argue against. i think it is also hard to argue against this. chuck hagel deserves an...
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i thought which elected a democratic president and he said he's not in favor of big government. he said he's in favor of smart government artful, sounds nice. but why help republican framing when saying small government. it could have been worse. >> michael: i. >> john: i would submit to you that he was reframing it. and by talking about having smart government instead of big government, it goes to the heart of what we were talking about. >> cenk: david shuster. >> this was a not so subtle shot towards marco rubio when the president mentioned violence against women act marco rubio voted against that today. that was a subtle jab this. and something that played well with the american people, the white house went into the speech knowing that the american people hate congress. he talked to members of congress like they're children, treat them derision that a lot of american people have. and i saw you at the ribbing cutting. all of this was condescending but thoughtfully done and effective. keep in mind this was not a policy speech but politics speech. and the white house politics is
i thought which elected a democratic president and he said he's not in favor of big government. he said he's in favor of smart government artful, sounds nice. but why help republican framing when saying small government. it could have been worse. >> michael: i. >> john: i would submit to you that he was reframing it. and by talking about having smart government instead of big government, it goes to the heart of what we were talking about. >> cenk: david shuster. >> this...
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we raise millions of dollars and helped a lot of candidates get elected. i don't want to lose this opportunity. i want to give you something while i am here. our biggest success was elizabeth warren. i got you an elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party magnet on your filing cabinet. >> i love that. isn't that cool. i am a huge -- who is not a huge elizabeth warren fan? >> scott brown >> bill: scott brown. talk about somebody who is ready, we all said marco rubio showed he is not ready for prime time. she is. she was from the beginning. she ran an incredible campaign. you guys, i remember you were behind her early, early, early on. >> next to rand we raised her $100,000 before she decided to won. she was able to higher staff, get in office and do what she needed to do. proud of her. >> that's awesome. >> bill: i think she proved to be one hell of a candidate. really. she is going to be a great united states senator. i can't wait. she is on the banking committee. isn't she? >> she is. it will will be great to see her with wall street bankers. >> i am e
we raise millions of dollars and helped a lot of candidates get elected. i don't want to lose this opportunity. i want to give you something while i am here. our biggest success was elizabeth warren. i got you an elizabeth warren wing of the democratic party magnet on your filing cabinet. >> i love that. isn't that cool. i am a huge -- who is not a huge elizabeth warren fan? >> scott brown >> bill: scott brown. talk about somebody who is ready, we all said marco rubio showed...
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when we had you on "the young turks" before the election a couple of times you hoped with the arab spring, the social media, why didn't it catch fire. >> i still have the same hope. it's all part and parcel of the same thing building a popular movement. if we had a sustained movement like with the arab spring, with the civil rights movement, the labor movement, the women's suffrage movement, if people would get away from their television sets for a wail. cenk: how dare you. >> they'll be informed, but then get out and take action, otherwise and mobilize. like joe hill said before he was executed, the great labor organizer, don't mourn organize. the point is, we all have to be engaged citizens. we need -- if we're upset about the destruction of our constitutional republic where we have a president and a congress who seem to think it's ok to add u.s. citizens to assassination lists, and take not only them out, but their 16-year-old sons who are also u.s. citizens, if they think that it's ok that we send drones over, you know, president obama ther night in the state of the union got this gre
when we had you on "the young turks" before the election a couple of times you hoped with the arab spring, the social media, why didn't it catch fire. >> i still have the same hope. it's all part and parcel of the same thing building a popular movement. if we had a sustained movement like with the arab spring, with the civil rights movement, the labor movement, the women's suffrage movement, if people would get away from their television sets for a wail. cenk: how dare you....
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comes up in 2014 or not. >> stephanie: i don't know when the boehner pops up. >> house members get re-elected every two years. >> caller: okay. so it would be 2014. so they would descend on ohio, whatever district he's from. >> stephanie: right. >> just threaten to keep him out of office again. >> stephanie: you need some good lesbians to keep a boehner down. >> 100 lesbians? >> stephanie: the president last night. >> urges congress to get together pursue a bipartisan market-based solution to climate change. like the one john mccain and joe lieberman worked together a few years ago. if congress won't act soon to protect future generations i will. i will direct -- [ applause ] i will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take in the future to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy. >> stephanie: you know what i said earlier? since the republicans don't believe in climate change, the good news is marco rubio could be president of water world. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] >> give h
comes up in 2014 or not. >> stephanie: i don't know when the boehner pops up. >> house members get re-elected every two years. >> caller: okay. so it would be 2014. so they would descend on ohio, whatever district he's from. >> stephanie: right. >> just threaten to keep him out of office again. >> stephanie: you need some good lesbians to keep a boehner down. >> 100 lesbians? >> stephanie: the president last night. >> urges congress to get...
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they were certainly there in 2012 until force to try to devin president obama a second term, to try to elect as many pro-fossil fuel republicans to the house as and to the senate as they did and the koch brothers, they have their annual meeting once a year where they get their corporate buddies together. just one meeting in 2012, they raised $1 million to try to defeat barack obama. they are going to be up in full force force, you know it, next year. starting this year, rating money. next year in those races. i was glad -- i was glad to see this report. i am glad to see other people are talking about what i talked about. i hope more and more people will see: don't trust the tea party. if you see tea party, you don't see grassroots america. when you see tea party what you see again is big tobacco and big oichlt we will be right back here on the "full-court press." >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] documentaries... on current tv. for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. we have a bi
they were certainly there in 2012 until force to try to devin president obama a second term, to try to elect as many pro-fossil fuel republicans to the house as and to the senate as they did and the koch brothers, they have their annual meeting once a year where they get their corporate buddies together. just one meeting in 2012, they raised $1 million to try to defeat barack obama. they are going to be up in full force force, you know it, next year. starting this year, rating money. next year...
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they were elected not to sell out the way so many politicians had done, that they were elected to speak truth to power. >> the right of citizens of the united states to vote... >> they came into office with the sounds of the tea party, the concerns of the tea party, their reaction to obama's massive overspending and a rejection of eight years of bush. not just the cost of wars and occupation, but the complete disregard of cost of government as an issue. >> no person shall be elected to the office... >> the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. we came not to do the same they over and over, to change washington, to change that conversation. >> in the year of our lord, 1787... >> narrator: but to change washington, the freshmen would first have to deal with their own leader, the consummate political insider: the new speaker of the house, john boehner. >> i now pass this gavel and the sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker boehner. >> he is a career politician, ohioan, hard scrabble upbringing. arriv
they were elected not to sell out the way so many politicians had done, that they were elected to speak truth to power. >> the right of citizens of the united states to vote... >> they came into office with the sounds of the tea party, the concerns of the tea party, their reaction to obama's massive overspending and a rejection of eight years of bush. not just the cost of wars and occupation, but the complete disregard of cost of government as an issue. >> no person shall be...
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which at this point in a congressional election in this congressional election is a starlet letter. so now enter one well regarded former state representative in the race, who is very, very, very proud and increasingly very vocal now about her rating from the nra and her rating from the nra is an "f." with support from "the chicago tribune," with support from liberal websites like daily coast and support from liberals around the country who are learning about this particular difference between candidates in this race, the bloomberg group and its enormous checkbook has decided to go all-in. they have picked the candidate who is proud of how much the nra does not like her. >> in the race for congress, the big issue fighting gun violence. debbie halvorson and toi hutchinson both earned an "a" from the nra. they can't be trusted. the clear choice, robin kelly, endorsed by "the chicago tribune." kelly will join president obama to take on the nra for effective background checks and to ban deadly assault weapons. robin kelly for congress, a champion in the fight against gun violence. indep
which at this point in a congressional election in this congressional election is a starlet letter. so now enter one well regarded former state representative in the race, who is very, very, very proud and increasingly very vocal now about her rating from the nra and her rating from the nra is an "f." with support from "the chicago tribune," with support from liberal websites like daily coast and support from liberals around the country who are learning about this particular...
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after all, there's gonna be an election in 2015, that is a critical election. probably president thein sein will not run again he's older and he's not well supposedly. and the question then will be how much of these reforms can be instituted before 2015? >> a lot of money coming into a poorly-capacitated country where the education was devastated for 50 years. it's gonna make things worse, and if you start investing without accountability and transparency, it's just going to basically entrench the special interests, the crony capitalists, the oligarchs. and it's gonna keep some of the same power structure, even if they call themselves, you know, civilians, they're still former generals. (instrumental music) >> it is a historic day for president obama and for the people of myanmar as it transitions towards democracy. during the first visit by a sitting u.s. president, mr. obama pledged that the u.s. will be friends with any nation that respects its people rights and international law. >> the question now is how the u.s. can help burma become a modern democratic
after all, there's gonna be an election in 2015, that is a critical election. probably president thein sein will not run again he's older and he's not well supposedly. and the question then will be how much of these reforms can be instituted before 2015? >> a lot of money coming into a poorly-capacitated country where the education was devastated for 50 years. it's gonna make things worse, and if you start investing without accountability and transparency, it's just going to basically...
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he won the election decisively. he got a deal on his terms as the whitehouse sees it on the fiscal cliff. he got the republicans to retreat on the debt limit. i don't think the republicans are going to play with government shut down either and so the presidencies himself riding high it seems to me and he sees the republicans in a disorganized and back on their heels and he's going to press that and will be an inaugural address we know what is a clairn call to progressive values and progressive program goals. >> rose: what would you like to hear the president say. what do republicans want to hear the president say. >> i think every american wants to hear the president talk about economic growth and job conversation. >> rose: that's what he's focusing on. >> he says that but the pivot would have to be toward longer term spending restraint. i say that because otherwise his budgets are a massive tax increase on all middle income americans going forward. i don't think he wants that. so i think the question to follow up i
he won the election decisively. he got a deal on his terms as the whitehouse sees it on the fiscal cliff. he got the republicans to retreat on the debt limit. i don't think the republicans are going to play with government shut down either and so the presidencies himself riding high it seems to me and he sees the republicans in a disorganized and back on their heels and he's going to press that and will be an inaugural address we know what is a clairn call to progressive values and progressive...
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who will be elected as pope? what will be the procedure from here on when he steps down forever -- steps down february 28? >> at 8:00 p.m. that day, the it -- they will start meeting been no real pontiff. all activity in the vatican will shutdown and the senior cardinal will be the caretaker. at the conclave would be in a few weeks. 130 cardinals from all over the world will come from all places to arrange their schedules. the vatican is giving a press conference in a few minutes and that thing we will have more details on the dates and procedure that will take place. >> we will be listening in closely to that press conference you are talking about in just a few minutes. ok, we will leave it there for now. thank you very much for talking with us from italy. jazeera'sg in al barbara -- are you with me? >> yes. >> just tell me, first of all, where you are. the news just coming in about the resignation of pope benedict xvi. what are you hearing? >> i am watching a lot of the italian media both on tv and online. what
who will be elected as pope? what will be the procedure from here on when he steps down forever -- steps down february 28? >> at 8:00 p.m. that day, the it -- they will start meeting been no real pontiff. all activity in the vatican will shutdown and the senior cardinal will be the caretaker. at the conclave would be in a few weeks. 130 cardinals from all over the world will come from all places to arrange their schedules. the vatican is giving a press conference in a few minutes and that...
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i was elected on one boat. and so with that precarious beginning i started my current not only as united states senator, but as the democratic leader in the united states senate. and i will always remember an experience that i had shortly thereafter. i was invited by a good friend whose name was dick morris, to come and spend some time at his home in south dakota. dick was a farmer. he lives outside of sioux falls, south dakota. and on the appointed evening a couple weekends after i was elected, we had a conversation over meat and potatoes, a wonderful farm dinner, i asked dick what advice he would have for somebody elected now to this lofty position from the state of south dakota. he paused for a minute and then he said well, i guess if i had any advice for you, it would be two things. first, never forget where you came from. always remember who it was that sent you there. and sadly, pointing at his graduate on the wall, he said you know my grandchildren eric you have held them. you know them by name. and then
i was elected on one boat. and so with that precarious beginning i started my current not only as united states senator, but as the democratic leader in the united states senate. and i will always remember an experience that i had shortly thereafter. i was invited by a good friend whose name was dick morris, to come and spend some time at his home in south dakota. dick was a farmer. he lives outside of sioux falls, south dakota. and on the appointed evening a couple weekends after i was...
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he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible democrats and republicans. there was a question whether there would be a credible republican who would be interested in doing something like this. the fact that ben ginsberg, who is a well respected republican lawyer is willing to sit down with bob bauer and sit down with this commission and try and hash things out is an achievement. but they've set the bar really low. if you look at the press release that the white house put out about this, all they're going to do is issue some guidelines for states and localities about best practices. it doesn't look like federal election reform, which i think is s
he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible...
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it took more than $700 million to elect just a third of the senate. the two presidential candidates raised more than a billion a piece. the website politico added it all up to find that the total number of dollars spent on the 2012 election exceeded the number of people on this planet -- some seven billion. most of it didn't come from the average joe and jane. 60% of all super pac donations came from just 159 people. and the top 32 super pac donors gave an average of $9.9 million dollars. think how many teachers that much money could hire. we'll never actually know where all of the money comes from. one-third of the billion dollars from outside groups was "dark money," secret funds anonymously funneled through fictional "social welfare" organizations. those are front groups, created to launder the money inside the deep pockets. and don't let anyone ever tell you the money didn't make a difference. more than 80% of house candidates and 2/3 of senate candidates who outspent their general election opponents won, and were present and counted as the new co
it took more than $700 million to elect just a third of the senate. the two presidential candidates raised more than a billion a piece. the website politico added it all up to find that the total number of dollars spent on the 2012 election exceeded the number of people on this planet -- some seven billion. most of it didn't come from the average joe and jane. 60% of all super pac donations came from just 159 people. and the top 32 super pac donors gave an average of $9.9 million dollars. think...
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the new pope elected and then announced to the world. what's really interesting about this situation is now we have a resigned or retired pope and that as you say not happened for a long time. but the main process is pretty much as you would expect except we don't have the intervening time of mourning. >> so father, with all good nontransparent political processes let's speculate on what the result will be. so the largest growth within the catholic church has been in the developing world, in south america, actually, the top three countries now. >> yeah. >> for the number of catholics are brazil and then mexico and the philippines. yet when you look at the composition of the conclave, 60 europeans, majority of the conclave. is there any chance that we would see a pope who came from outside of europe? >> sure. the last couple of pontiff cats we have seen an increased internationalization of the college of cardinals. as you say, there's a dominance to the european cardinals and more and more from other parts of the world and especially the
the new pope elected and then announced to the world. what's really interesting about this situation is now we have a resigned or retired pope and that as you say not happened for a long time. but the main process is pretty much as you would expect except we don't have the intervening time of mourning. >> so father, with all good nontransparent political processes let's speculate on what the result will be. so the largest growth within the catholic church has been in the developing world,...
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but before the election, people knew about it. that is why i won by 30,000 votes. >> a lot of people find it hard to understand how ministers, such as yourself, and other politicians can a whole lot if they are facing serious charges themselves. >> just charging someone is not enough. you have to wait until you are convicted. anyone can be charged for any number of reasons. >> but in many other countries, many other democracies, if we could carry on -- >> please, stop the camera. >> why do you want to stop the camera? >> the minister is gone. his supporters made their feelings clear. for many, this is a harsh place. millions live in extreme poverty. their lives governed by religion and caste. many women never even report an assault, due to the social stigma. we are looking for the woman that the minister is accused of raping. "how do i know" says a neighbor. against a wall of silence. they seem almost too scared to tell us where she is. one person asks who will save them if they go against the establishment. >> these charges. an a
but before the election, people knew about it. that is why i won by 30,000 votes. >> a lot of people find it hard to understand how ministers, such as yourself, and other politicians can a whole lot if they are facing serious charges themselves. >> just charging someone is not enough. you have to wait until you are convicted. anyone can be charged for any number of reasons. >> but in many other countries, many other democracies, if we could carry on -- >> please, stop...
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the aim is to rebuild the party in the wake of 2012 elections. to that end they pledge to take sides in primary races backing candidates they see as more electable. this has set up a fierce backlash saying that it sidelines conservative candidates in favor of more establishment choices. we're back with dan and dorothy and james freeman also joins the panel. i should say at the start dorothy is a fox contributor. get that out of the way. what do you think of his effort. >> i think she doing a great service. it was overdue. it would take a rational petition. this has happened before. if you remember, goldwater people were very angry people but compared with the base, they were the mormon tabernacle choir. we have seen karl rove republican heart which watched went on with the primaries, who heard the extremist views of so many candidates. that brings to the republican base. they have a solid word that it is not. >> paul: what about the fact that the establishment so-called candidates that rove backed, in the last primary lost. tommy thompson, for ex
the aim is to rebuild the party in the wake of 2012 elections. to that end they pledge to take sides in primary races backing candidates they see as more electable. this has set up a fierce backlash saying that it sidelines conservative candidates in favor of more establishment choices. we're back with dan and dorothy and james freeman also joins the panel. i should say at the start dorothy is a fox contributor. get that out of the way. what do you think of his effort. >> i think she...
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we've won most of them in super majorities including in places in the last election where romney won by over sixty percent of the vote when it moved to mend a language is presented to the voters alongside other election matters we win so i'm telling you we're just getting started we're off to a roaring start and if folks have not joined yet i really want to encourage you to go to the web site. move to amend dot o.-r. g. to sign up because it's not merely a petition tom you know that's an organizing tool we're going to be in touch with you we're going to get you in touch with the over one hundred seventy five local affiliates that are springing up these are ordinary people doing something extraordinary which is to do the educating work to do the analysis to rip away the sure that the layers that it is you should not use geisha this is a movement tom that we the people are going to take our country back it is it's great and powerful stuff david thank you so much for being with us. again you can help that movement by going to to move. after the break millions of americans making minimum
we've won most of them in super majorities including in places in the last election where romney won by over sixty percent of the vote when it moved to mend a language is presented to the voters alongside other election matters we win so i'm telling you we're just getting started we're off to a roaring start and if folks have not joined yet i really want to encourage you to go to the web site. move to amend dot o.-r. g. to sign up because it's not merely a petition tom you know that's an...
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early, before election day. in 2008 early votes accounted for 21% of the nearly 3 million votes cast in wisconsin and in fact, the state of wisconsin has some of the highest rates of voter participation in the nation. with with near record turnout on election day last year. with those numbers, it would seem a prudent approach to voting policy in wisconsin if it ain't broke, don't fix it. except for one law mamaker in wisconsin seems to think that the rules could still use a little tinkering to make it so that fewer people could vote? currently in wisconsin early voting begins two weeks before election day and ends on the friday beforehand and early voting hours in that window are varied across the state and determined by municipal clerks. some stay open late into the night or weekends to accommodate the citizens who cannot cast a ballot in the so-called normal working hours. well, wisconsin senate representative duey strobel is planning to standardize voting hours for those voters in the state and cap the hours
early, before election day. in 2008 early votes accounted for 21% of the nearly 3 million votes cast in wisconsin and in fact, the state of wisconsin has some of the highest rates of voter participation in the nation. with with near record turnout on election day last year. with those numbers, it would seem a prudent approach to voting policy in wisconsin if it ain't broke, don't fix it. except for one law mamaker in wisconsin seems to think that the rules could still use a little tinkering to...